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A. E. DEGOUPLE. TUBE CARRIAGE FOR CIGARETTE MACHINES.

No. 456,192. Patented July 21,1891.

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' NITED STATES PATENT OFFroE.

ANATOLE EDOUARD DEOOUFLE, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

TUBE-CARRIAGE FOR CIGARETTE-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,192, dated July 21,1891.

Application filed March 25, 1891.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANATOLE EDOUARD DEOOUFLE, of Paris, France, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tube-Carriages forOigarette-lvlachines, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of thesame.

My invention relates to a new and improved carriage forcigarette-machines, which carriage maybe employed in machines in whichthe cigarette-tube is either gummed or not previous to filling; and itconsists in the combination of parts hereinafter more especially setforth.

In the accompanying drawings my new tube-carriage is shown applied toone of my machines in which tubes without gum are used.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a corresponding plan. Fig. 3 isan explanatory view, as seen when looking at the end of the machine.elevation of the carriage and a view of the same as seen when looking atthe end, both figures giving the details. Figs. 6 and 7 show in detailthe sliding support of the carriage. Figs. 8 and 9 are a front and endview as well as a section of the receiver, giving also the details.

a shows the table of the machine, and b the shaft provided with cams.

In Fig. 2 I have shown at c the apparatus for compressing the tobacco,with the fillingrod d, the funnel e, the false-funnel f, and the nippersg, which hold the tube firmly on the funnel e.

At h is shown the spindle on which the tube without gum is made.

"5 indicates the gagingring, and j the small rough-edged roller whichfinally closes the tube and sends it on.

70 is the scissors, and l the pusher which pushes the tube to be filledinto the false funnel and thence into the funnel e.

In concordance with the spindle h and a little below it I place theinclined rack or ladder m m, in the sides of which are made roundedcuttings m which are of the same size and equidistant from each other.This rack or ladder, which constitutes the receiver of the mechanism, isfixedly mounted on a Figs. 4: and 5 are respectively an 7 Serial No.386,289. (No model.)

support 0, bolted on the table. The first cuttings-that is to say, thosewhich are the highest-receive then the paper tube which the scissorshave just cut off. The last out- -tings are just in front of the fillingapparatus.

Between the sides m m, which are at a varying distance from each other,is disposed the movable rack or carriage n n, the sides of which havecuttings a made in them at distances which are exactly the same as thoseon 'the sides of the receiver. This movable rack or carriage is, bymeans of a slide a dovetailed into a support 19, which itself isdovetailed into the support 0 of the receiver. The slide a moves inplanes which are parallel to that of the receiver m m in sliding in thesupportp under the influence of a cam q of a lever r, the roller ofwhich runs in the slot of the cam, and of a rod 3, which joins the leverr to the said slide 12 hand, the support 19 rises and falls verticallyin the supporto through the action of a lever i, the lower end of whichis armed with a roller 15, rolling in the slot of a cam 12, and the backend of which is joined to the support 19 of the slide by means of asmall rod w.

A square y, fixed to the support 0 or to any other part of the machine,serves as a stop for the tubes which might have a tendency to go wrongon that side of the receiver.

The working of the rack or carriage n n" is as follows: In looking atthe mechanism, as shown in the drawings, a tube T is seen, and which hasjust fallen into the first cuttings of the receiver m m. At the momentthe carriage n it rises vertically through the rising of the support 19it gathers, as it were, the tube T and makes it rise above the cuttingsin the receiver. The cam (1 acts on the lever r in making the slide movefrom front to back a distance equal to that of the two cuttings m Thecarriage stops and then goes down with its support 19. Thisdownwardmovement has placed the tube T in the second cuttings of the receiver.The carriage comes back to its first position in order to begin againthe series of its movements; but in this series it lifts up two tubes,transfers them, places them in the following cuttings of the receiver,and so on, as the tubes are made and filled with tobacco. The cigarettewhich has been made is also lifted up by the On the other I ICOcarriage, is also transferred, and then left on the rounded ends of theracks m m, from which it falls into the chute ,2, at the bottom of whichit is stored by the means already 5 known.

I claim- 1. The combination of a fixed rack on m, provided with a seriesof depressions, with the movable rack or carriage n n, provided with aseries of depressions, and with means, substantially as described,whereby said movable rack or carriage is alternately raised and movedforward and then lowered and moved backward, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

2. The combination of a fixed rack m m, provided with a series ofdepressions m with the movable rack or carriage n it, provided with acorresponding series of depressions a and with the slide n,reciprocating support 1), and means, substantially as described, foractuating said slide and support whereby the movable carriage isalternately raised and moved forward and then lowered and movedbackward, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of a fixed rack m m, provided with a series ofdepressions m with the movable rack or carriage n n, provided with aseries of depressions n slide a, support 1), cam q, lever 1','and rod 3,and with the support 0, lever t, roller '6, cam r, and rod 91, as andfor the purpose described.

In witness whereof I have hereuntoset my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

ANA'lOLli HDOUARD DECOUFLE.

itnesses:

PAUL MOREL, GEORGE LAURENTT.

